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iCloud Standard Guide

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iCloud Standard Guide

Overview of this book

iCloud is a cloud storage and cloud computing service from Apple Inc. iCloud is a hub in a multi-devices environment, that allows your iPads, iPhones, iPod Touches, and Macs sync with each other and always have the same content. The service allows users to store data, such as music files, on remote computer servers that can be downloaded to multiple devices such as iOS-based devices, and personal computers running OS X or Microsoft Windows. This practical guide provides easy, step-by-step guidance to using the numerous features offered by iCloud, for first time users You will be guided through everything that you need to know about using iCloud on multiple platforms, as well as how to use it on a Windows PC. Learn about what iCloud can offer you with this practical guide, and what makes it better than other cloud services. It will take you through all of the iCloud services available, and help you to manage your contents easily across devices. You will also learn how to use Mail, Contacts, Calendar, and other iCloud services on Mac, PC, iOS devices or in the web browser. This book will also let you explore more on using iPhone and iTunes with iCloud, sync all contents without any hassle, and even back them up with iCloud. If you want to take full advantage of iCloud, then this is the right book for you.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
iCloud Standard Guide
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
3
Working with Mail, Contacts, and Calendar
4
Collaborate with iMessage, Notes, and Reminders
Index

Contacts


iCloud provides a contacts manager to let you add, edit, and manage contacts on your devices. It does not only manage phone numbers and addresses, but also Twitter handles, Facebook usernames, and even LinkedIn URLs of your contacts. What makes iCloud really special is that it will automatically synchronize them to all your Mac, Windows PC, and iOS devices. That means you will get the same contacts, information available to all your devices that are associated with your iCloud account.

Make sure you've set the Contacts toggle to the green position in the iCloud preference panes on your Mac, or iCloud settings on your iOS devices to get iCloud sync works.

Add, edit, and search contacts

In this section, you will learn how to add, edit, and search contacts on a the Mac computer and iOS devices. Essentially, the steps that you will perform on Mac are similar to what you performed on iOS, since both the Contacts apps have a similar user interface. So, you won't find any difficulties when...